Robert Stephens serves on Springfield City Council, General Seat A. He was also elected Mayor Pro Tem by his colleagues. Stephens had retired as a manager from a large manufacturing concern and
"flunked" retirement after two months. He runs his own HR and Communications consulting company and teaches an occasional university class. He has written an op-ed column for two SW MO newspapers for
a year and has had numerous articles and opinion pieces published in a variety of media. He holds a bachelor's degree in English, an MA in Communications, and a Specialist's Degree in Technical
Communication from Cal State University. He is married with two grown daughters and two granddaughters. Disclaimer: all ideas published here are the personal opinion of the author and do not, in any
way, reflect the position of Springfield City Council.